There is a plethora of scholastic literature that has been published pertaining to women’s rights
in Thailand. Since 1997 (which is when the first constitution was drafted by a popularly elected
Constitutional Drafting Assembly), more has been written to explain the changes the country has
been going through. Many scholars cover Thailand’s economic development, including the
impact of the East Asian crisis in the mid-1990s. There is not too much information available on
the lives of Thai women before the 1997 constitution. In recent years, scholars have produced
some good articles on the recent transformation of women in Thai society. Many are on the
subject of sex-trafficking, however there is also many on women’s growing role in the work
force, and outside of the home. The following publications are some of the more recent
publications covering a variety of topics related to women in Thailand